DOG-HEADED THYLACINUS. 
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as well as at the point, where they are blackish: about three 
or four black bands are observable on the basal part of the 
tail above. 
The region of the pouch in the female is clothed with 
rusty red hairs. 
The dimensions of the female specimen from which the 
above description is taken, will be found in the first of the 
columns of admeasurements; those added in the second are 
from a male specimen in the British Museum collection. 
Female. 
Male. 
Inches. 
Lines. 
Inches. 
Lines. 
Length from tip of nose to root of tail 33 
0 
45 
0 
u of tail 
.. 14 
0 
20 
0 
“ from tip of nose to ear 
.. 6 
0 
7 
9 
“ from ditto to eye, about 
.. 3 
0 
4 
3 
“ of ear . 
.. 2 
0 
2 
2 
Width of ditto at the base ... 
2 
G 
3 
3 
Length of hind foot ... ... 
5 
3 
6 
7 
Height at shoulders, about 
18 
6 
A skeleton of an adult male Thylacinus in the Museum 
of the College of Surgeons measures in total length about 
five feet, and its height at the shoulders is about 2L J 
inches. The subjoined dimensions are taken from skulls 
in the British Museum, and that of the Boyal College of 
Surgeons. 
